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- the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for accessing the internet via wireless networks and, more particularly, to an apparatus and method providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks enabling a subscriber, while driving or performing other tasks, to access the internet.
- the internet was originally developed in the 1960's to provide special types of military communications, but since has become a means for supporting information in many essential areas, such as finance, education and industry.
- the internet has also become a means for inexpensive international telephone service. Consequently, extensive effort has been expended to improve the speed and types of internet services, especially internet service that is not limited by geographic location or time of day.
- a conventional wireless network providing mobile internet access includes a mobile internet terminal unit 100 , a base station 200 , a wireless communication network 210 , a gateway 220 , an internetwork 230 , a Web server 240 , a mobile internet service protocol unit 250 , an intranetwork 260 , and a database unit 270 .
- the internet terminal unit 100 includes an external interface, such as a key pad or touch screen, through which internet commands are entered into the unit.
- the terminal unit 100 then modulates and transmits the internet commands in the form of radio frequency (RF) signals to the base station 200 .
- the base station 200 receives the RF signals from the internet terminal unit 100 and demodulates the signals to retrieve the original internet commands.
- RF radio frequency
- the wireless communication network 210 then adds an identification number to the internet commands to indicate the particular internet terminal unit 100 from which the commands were received.
- the internet commands and identification numbers are then converted into a format that is suitable for transmission to the gateway 220 .
- the gateway 220 then converts the internet commands and identification numbers to an internet protocol, such as TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) or HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).
- the internetwork 230 connects the gateway 220 to other networks in response to the internet commands received from the gateway 220 .
- the Web server 240 provides World Wide Web information for the internetwork 230 and the mobile internet service protocol unit 250 connects the internetwork 230 to the intranetwork 260 .
- the database unit 270 is connected to the intranetwork 260 to provide information upon request.
- the internet terminal unit 100 includes a command processing unit 110 , a data signal processing unit 120 , an RF signal processing unit 130 , and an information processing unit 140 .
- the command processing unit 110 receives the internet commands through the external interface and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 .
- the data signal processing unit 120 receives the converted commands from the command processing unit 110 and converts the commands into a frame format.
- the RF signal processing unit 130 modulates the formatted internet commands to generate RF signals that are transmitted to the base station 200 .
- the information processing unit 140 displays and stores information received from the internetwork 230 .
- the command processing unit 110 includes a command input unit 111 and a command transformation unit 112 .
- the command input unit 111 receives the internet commands through the external interface and the command transformation unit 112 converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 .
- the information control unit 140 includes an information display unit 141 , an information storage unit 142 and an information control unit 143 .
- the display unit 141 receives the internet information from the data signal processing unit 120 and displays it in a panel, window, or screen.
- the storage unit 142 also receives the internet information from the data signal processing unit 120 and stores it in memory for later use.
- the control unit 143 controls the display unit 141 and the storage unit 142 .
- a subscriber inputs internet commands through the external interface, such as a key pad or touch screen, into the command input unit 111 .
- the internet commands are then transformed by the command transformation unit 112 into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 .
- the data signal processing unit 120 provides certain processing to ensure reliable transmission of the data across a wireless channel and converts the internet commands into a frame format.
- the RF signal processing unit 130 modulates the formatted internet commands to generate RF signals that are transmitted to the base station 200 .
- the base station 200 demodulates the received RF signals to retrieve the internet commands.
- the wireless communication network 210 converts the commands into HDML (HyperData Markup Language), a protocol used to provide internet service through wireless networks.
- the gateway 220 converts the commands into the TCP/IP format and accesses the internetwork 230 using an internet protocol(IP) address from the ID number of the internet terminal unit 100 .
- the internetwork 230 accesses the Web server 240 using HTML (HyperText Markup Language), a protocol used for Web service.
- HTML HyperText Markup Language
- the Web server 240 is connected to the intranetwork 260 by way of the mobile internet service protocol unit 250 using the TCP/IP protocol, thus allowing a subscriber on the intranetwork 260 to request Web information.
- Information can also be retrieved by the internetwork 230 from the database unit 270 of the intranetwork 260 .
- Transmission of information from the internetwork 230 to the internet terminal unit 100 is accomplished in reverse.
- the internetwork 230 sends the information to the gateway 220 .
- the gateway 220 sends the information to the wireless communication network 210 using the HDML protocol.
- the wireless communication network 210 transmits the information to the internet terminal unit 100 by way of the base station 200 using the ID number of the internet terminal unit 100 .
- the RF signal processing unit 130 in the internet terminal unit 100 demodulates the RF signals from the base station 200 and reconstructs the original data by decoding the demodulated data.
- the data is displayed in the information display unit 141 and stored in the storage unit 142 under the control of the information control unit 143 .
- the present invention allows a subscriber to enter voice commands at an internet terminal, as well as commands through other external interfaces, such as a key pad or touch screen.
- the internet terminal can also display and store the received data from the internet in addition to the output by voice synthesis.
- the present invention may utilize a hands-free kit, allowing the subscriber to drive a car or perform other tasks and receive the internet information without any additional action on the part of the subscriber.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional wireless network providing mobile internet access
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an internet terminal unit used to provide mobile internet access
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks.
- the apparatus of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a command control unit 150 , a data transceiver unit 160 , and an information processing unit 170 .
- a subscriber enters internet commands into the command control unit 150 through voice or other external interfaces.
- the command control unit 150 converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 (shown in FIG. 1).
- the data transceiver unit 160 converts the internet commands into a frame format and transmits the commands to the base station 200 as radio frequency (RF) signals.
- RF radio frequency
- the information retrieved from the internetwork 230 in response to the internet commands is transmitted back to the data transceiver unit 160 from the internetwork 230 .
- the information retrieved from the internetwork 230 is displayed and stored in the information processing unit 170 .
- the information is converted into a voice signal though voice synthesis in the information processing unit 170 and output to the subscriber by the data transceiver unit 160 .
- the command control unit 150 includes a voice interface unit 151 , an external command input unit 152 , a voice recognition unit 153 , a command conversion unit 154 , and a protocol conversion unit 155 .
- the voice interface unit 151 converts the voice commands requesting an internet connection or internet information into a digital format.
- the voice interface unit 151 also converts voice communications from the subscriber into a digital format, such as when the subscriber uses the internet for conventional telephony.
- the voice interface unit 151 sends the converted voice commands to the voice recognition unit 153 and the converted voice communications to the data transceiver unit 160 .
- the command input unit 152 receives the commands entered by the subscriber through other external interfaces.
- the voice recognition unit 153 receives the voice commands from the voice interface unit 151 and uses voice recognition to convert the commands into a text format.
- the command conversion unit 154 converts the digital voice commands from the voice recognition unit 153 into commands that are compatible with the internet service.
- the protocol conversion unit 155 receives the commands from the external command input unit 152 and the command conversion unit 154 and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 . The converted commands are then sent to the data transceiver unit 160 .
- the data transceiver unit 160 includes a data signal processing unit 161 , a voice processing unit 162 , a data processing unit 163 , and a voice output unit 164 .
- the data signal processing unit 161 converts the commands from the command control unit 150 into a frame format and also reconstructs the internet information received from the base station 200 .
- the voice processing unit 162 converts the voice communications from the command control unit 150 into a frame format and converts the voice communications received from the base station 200 into a digital format.
- the data processing unit 163 modulates the internet commands/voice communications received from the data signal processing unit 161 and the voice processing unit 162 and transmits these signals as RF signals to the base station 200 .
- the data processing unit 163 also demodulates the RF signals received from the base station 200 .
- the voice output unit 164 receives the voice communications from the voice processing unit 162 and the voice-synthesized internet information from the information processing unit 170 , converts these voice signals into an analog format, and outputs the signals to an external voice interface, such as a speaker.
- the information processing unit 170 includes an information processing control unit 171 , an information display 172 , a voice synthesis unit 173 , and an information storage unit 174 .
- the information processing control unit 171 controls the information processing unit 170 using the internet information from the data signal processing unit 161 .
- the information display unit 172 receives the internet information from the data signal processing unit 161 and control messages from the information processing control unit 171 .
- the internet information is displayed on a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen.
- the voice synthesis unit 173 receives the internet information from the data signal processing unit 161 and control messages from the information processing control unit 171 .
- the voice synthesis unit 173 then synthesizes the text data into a voice signal for output to the subscriber by the voice output unit 164 .
- the information storage unit 174 stores the internet information from the data signal processing unit 161 in memory for later use in response to control messages from the information processing control unit 171 .
- a subscriber enters an internet command either by a key pad, a pen mouse or a touch screen, or by speaking into the microphone.
- the internet commands entered through the microphone are converted from an analog into a digital signal by the voice interface unit 151 .
- the voice interface unit 151 sends the converted voice commands to the voice recognition unit 153 .
- Voice communications are also converted from an analog into a digital format by the voice interface unit 151 and sent to the voice processing unit 162 .
- the internet commands are converted into a text format using voice recognition by the voice recognition unit 153 and converted into commands that are compatible with the internet service by the command conversion unit 154 . Then, the converted voice commands and the commands entered through the external interface are converted by the protocol conversion unit 155 into a format supported by the internet protocol. The converted commands are then sent to the data transceiver unit 160 .
- the internet commands/voice communications are transmitted to the base station 200 as RF signals by the data transceiver unit 160 .
- the data signal processing unit 161 receives the internet commands from the command control unit 150 and converts the commands into a frame format.
- the data processing unit 163 then modulates and transmits the internet commands and voice communications to the base station 200 .
- the remaining operation of the wireless network is the same as previously described.
- the RF signals transmitted by the base station 200 containing internet information and voice communications are demodulated by the data processing unit 163 .
- the internet information and voice communications are converted into their original digital format.
- the internet information is then sent to the data signal processing unit 161 and the information processing unit 170 , while the voice communications are sent to the voice processing unit 162 .
- the information processing unit 170 applies voice synthesis to the internet information.
- the synthesized internet information and the voice communications are then converted from a digital to an analog format in the voice output unit 164 and output to an external voice interface, such as a speaker.
- the information processing unit 170 receives the internet information from the internetwork 230 and the information display unit 172 displays the information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen.
- the information storage unit 174 stores the internet information in memory for later use.
- the information display unit 172 and the information storage unit 174 are under the control of the information processing control unit 171 .
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating another preferred embodiment of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks.
- This preferred embodiment utilizes a hands-free kit for accessing the internet.
- the apparatus of the present invention includes a hands-free kit unit 180 and a mobile transceiver unit 190 .
- a subscriber enters internet commands into the hands-free kit 180 through voice or other external interfaces.
- the mobile transceiver unit 190 converts the internet commands from the hands-free kit unit 180 into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 (shown in FIG. 1).
- the mobile transceiver unit 190 then transmits the commands to the base station 200 as RF signals.
- the internet information retrieved from the internetwork 230 in response to the commands is displayed and stored by the hands-free kit 180 .
- the internet information is also converted into a voice signal by voice synthesis and output to an external voice interface, such as a speaker.
- the hands-free kit unit 180 includes a command control unit 181 , an information processing unit 182 , and a voice output unit 183 .
- the command control unit 181 receives the internet commands from the subscriber through voice or other external interfaces and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the internet service.
- the information processing unit 182 displays the internet information from the mobile transceiver unit 190 in a text format and converts the information into a voice signal by voice synthesis.
- the voice output unit 183 receives voice communications from the mobile transceiver unit 190 and the voice-synthesized information from the information processing unit 182 , converts these signals into an analog format, and outputs the signals to an external voice interface, such as a speaker.
- the command control unit 181 includes a voice interface unit 181 - 1 , a voice recognition unit 181 - 2 , and a command conversion unit 181 - 3 .
- the voice interface unit 181 - 1 converts the voice commands requesting an internet connection or internet information into a digital format.
- the voice interface unit 181 - 1 also converts voice communications form the subscriber into a digital format and sends these signals to the mobile transceiver unit 190 .
- the voice recognition unit 181 - 2 converts the voice commands from the voice interface unit 181 - 1 into a text format using voice recognition.
- the command conversion unit 181 - 3 converts the voice commands from the voice recognition unit 181 - 2 into a format that is compatible with the internet service.
- the information processing unit 182 includes an information processing control unit 182 - 1 , an information display unit 182 - 2 , a voice synthesis unit 182 - 3 , and an information storage unit 182 - 4 .
- the information processing control unit 182 - 1 controls the information processing unit 182 using the internet information received from the mobile transceiver unit 190 .
- the information display unit 182 - 2 receives the internet information from the mobile transceiver unit 190 and control messages from the information processing control unit 182 - 1 and displays the internet information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen.
- the voice synthesis unit 182 - 3 receives the internet information from the mobile transceiver unit 190 and control messages from the information process control unit 182 - 1 and converts the text data into a voice signal using voice synthesis. The voice signal is then sent to the voice output unit 183 .
- the information storage unit 182 - 4 stores the internet information from the mobile transceiver unit 190 in memory for later use in accordance with control messages from the information processing control unit 181 - 1 .
- the mobile transceiver unit 190 includes a protocol conversion unit 191 , a data signal processing unit 192 , a voice processing unit 193 , and an RF signal processing unit.
- the protocol conversion unit 191 receives the internet commands from the command conversion unit 181 - 3 and converts the commands into a format compatible with the protocol used between the wireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 .
- the data signal processing unit 192 converts the commands from the protocol conversion unit 191 into a frame format.
- the data signal processing unit 192 also reconstructs the internet information received from the base station 200 and sends the information to the information processing unit 182 .
- the voice processing unit 193 converts the voice communications from the command control unit 181 into a frame format and converts the voice communications received from the base station 200 into a digital format.
- the RF signal processing unit 194 modulates the internet commands/voice communications received from the data signal processing unit 192 and the voice processing unit 193 and transmits these signals to the base station 200 as RF signals.
- the RF signal processing unit 194 also demodulates the RF signals received from the base station 200 and converts the demodulated signals into a frame format.
- a subscriber enters an internet command by speaking into the microphone.
- the internet commands are then converted into a digital format by the voice interface unit 181 - 1 and sent to the voice recognition unit 181 - 2 .
- Voice communications are also converted into a digital format by the voice interface unit 181 - 1 and sent to the voice processing unit 193 .
- the voice commands are converted into a text format using voice recognition by the voice recognition unit 181 - 2 and converted into commands that are compatible with the internet service by the command conversion unit 181 - 3 .
- the protocol conversion unit 191 then converts the internet commands into a format supported by the internet protocol.
- the data signal processing unit 192 converts the internet commands from the protocol conversion unit 191 into a frame format and sends the converted commands to the RF signal processing unit 194 .
- the internet commands from the data signal processing unit 192 and the voice communications from the voice processing unit 193 are transmitted to the base station 200 as RF signals by the RF signal processing unit 194 .
- the RF signals received from the base station 200 include internet information and voice communications and are demodulated by the data signal processing unit 192 .
- the internet information is sent to the information display unit 182 and the voice communications are sent to the voice processing unit 193 .
- the voice processing unit 193 converts the voice communications into a digital format.
- the information processing unit 182 receives the internet information from the mobile transceiver unit 190 , displays and stores the internet information, and converts the internet information into a voice signal by voice synthesis.
- the information display unit 182 - 2 displays the internet information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen.
- the information storage unit 182 - 4 stores the internet information in memory for later use.
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- The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for accessing the internet via wireless networks and, more particularly, to an apparatus and method providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks enabling a subscriber, while driving or performing other tasks, to access the internet.
- The internet was originally developed in the 1960's to provide special types of military communications, but since has become a means for supporting information in many essential areas, such as finance, education and industry. The internet has also become a means for inexpensive international telephone service. Consequently, extensive effort has been expended to improve the speed and types of internet services, especially internet service that is not limited by geographic location or time of day.
- Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional wireless network providing mobile internet access includes a mobile
internet terminal unit 100, abase station 200, awireless communication network 210, agateway 220, aninternetwork 230, aWeb server 240, a mobile internetservice protocol unit 250, anintranetwork 260, and adatabase unit 270. Theinternet terminal unit 100 includes an external interface, such as a key pad or touch screen, through which internet commands are entered into the unit. Theterminal unit 100 then modulates and transmits the internet commands in the form of radio frequency (RF) signals to thebase station 200. Thebase station 200 receives the RF signals from theinternet terminal unit 100 and demodulates the signals to retrieve the original internet commands. Thewireless communication network 210 then adds an identification number to the internet commands to indicate the particularinternet terminal unit 100 from which the commands were received. The internet commands and identification numbers are then converted into a format that is suitable for transmission to thegateway 220. Thegateway 220 then converts the internet commands and identification numbers to an internet protocol, such as TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) or HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). Theinternetwork 230 connects thegateway 220 to other networks in response to the internet commands received from thegateway 220. TheWeb server 240 provides World Wide Web information for theinternetwork 230 and the mobile internetservice protocol unit 250 connects theinternetwork 230 to theintranetwork 260. Thedatabase unit 270 is connected to theintranetwork 260 to provide information upon request. - Referring to FIG. 2, the
internet terminal unit 100 includes acommand processing unit 110, a datasignal processing unit 120, an RFsignal processing unit 130, and aninformation processing unit 140. Thecommand processing unit 110 receives the internet commands through the external interface and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and thegateway 220. The datasignal processing unit 120 receives the converted commands from thecommand processing unit 110 and converts the commands into a frame format. The RFsignal processing unit 130 modulates the formatted internet commands to generate RF signals that are transmitted to thebase station 200. Theinformation processing unit 140 displays and stores information received from theinternetwork 230. - The
command processing unit 110 includes a command input unit 111 and acommand transformation unit 112. The command input unit 111 receives the internet commands through the external interface and thecommand transformation unit 112 converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and thegateway 220. - The
information control unit 140 includes aninformation display unit 141, aninformation storage unit 142 and aninformation control unit 143. Thedisplay unit 141 receives the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 120 and displays it in a panel, window, or screen. Thestorage unit 142 also receives the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 120 and stores it in memory for later use. Thecontrol unit 143 controls thedisplay unit 141 and thestorage unit 142. - Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation of the conventional wireless network providing mobile internet access will now be described. First, a subscriber inputs internet commands through the external interface, such as a key pad or touch screen, into the command input unit111. The internet commands are then transformed by the
command transformation unit 112 into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and thegateway 220. The datasignal processing unit 120 provides certain processing to ensure reliable transmission of the data across a wireless channel and converts the internet commands into a frame format. The RFsignal processing unit 130 modulates the formatted internet commands to generate RF signals that are transmitted to thebase station 200. - The
base station 200 demodulates the received RF signals to retrieve the internet commands. Thewireless communication network 210 converts the commands into HDML (HyperData Markup Language), a protocol used to provide internet service through wireless networks. Thegateway 220 converts the commands into the TCP/IP format and accesses theinternetwork 230 using an internet protocol(IP) address from the ID number of theinternet terminal unit 100. - The
internetwork 230 accesses theWeb server 240 using HTML (HyperText Markup Language), a protocol used for Web service. TheWeb server 240 is connected to theintranetwork 260 by way of the mobile internetservice protocol unit 250 using the TCP/IP protocol, thus allowing a subscriber on theintranetwork 260 to request Web information. Information can also be retrieved by theinternetwork 230 from thedatabase unit 270 of theintranetwork 260. - Transmission of information from the
internetwork 230 to theinternet terminal unit 100 is accomplished in reverse. First, after information from theWeb server 240 or theintranetwork 260 is received, theinternetwork 230 sends the information to thegateway 220. Thegateway 220 sends the information to thewireless communication network 210 using the HDML protocol. Thewireless communication network 210 transmits the information to theinternet terminal unit 100 by way of thebase station 200 using the ID number of theinternet terminal unit 100. - The RF
signal processing unit 130 in theinternet terminal unit 100 demodulates the RF signals from thebase station 200 and reconstructs the original data by decoding the demodulated data. The data is displayed in theinformation display unit 141 and stored in thestorage unit 142 under the control of theinformation control unit 143. - Therefore, when a subscriber desires access to the internet using a conventional wireless network, the subscriber must use an external interface to request a connection to the internet or to enter a command. This is particularly difficult when the subscriber is driving an automobile or performing other tasks. Accordingly, there has been a need for an improved method and apparatus for accessing the internet using wireless networks. The present invention clearly fulfills this need.
- A method and apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks enabling a subscriber, while driving or performing other tasks, to input commands to the internet using a voice input function, such as voice recognition, and retrieve the information from the internet using a voice output function, such as voice synthesis. The present invention allows a subscriber to enter voice commands at an internet terminal, as well as commands through other external interfaces, such as a key pad or touch screen. The internet terminal can also display and store the received data from the internet in addition to the output by voice synthesis. The present invention may utilize a hands-free kit, allowing the subscriber to drive a car or perform other tasks and receive the internet information without any additional action on the part of the subscriber.
- It will be appreciated from the foregoing that the present invention represents a significant advance in the field of internet access using wireless networks. Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following more detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of the invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional wireless network providing mobile internet access;
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an internet terminal unit used to provide mobile internet access;
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks. The apparatus of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a
command control unit 150, adata transceiver unit 160, and aninformation processing unit 170. A subscriber enters internet commands into thecommand control unit 150 through voice or other external interfaces. Thecommand control unit 150 converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 (shown in FIG. 1). Thedata transceiver unit 160 converts the internet commands into a frame format and transmits the commands to thebase station 200 as radio frequency (RF) signals. The information retrieved from theinternetwork 230 in response to the internet commands is transmitted back to thedata transceiver unit 160 from theinternetwork 230. The information retrieved from theinternetwork 230 is displayed and stored in theinformation processing unit 170. The information is converted into a voice signal though voice synthesis in theinformation processing unit 170 and output to the subscriber by thedata transceiver unit 160. - The
command control unit 150 includes avoice interface unit 151, an externalcommand input unit 152, a voice recognition unit 153, acommand conversion unit 154, and aprotocol conversion unit 155. Thevoice interface unit 151 converts the voice commands requesting an internet connection or internet information into a digital format. Thevoice interface unit 151 also converts voice communications from the subscriber into a digital format, such as when the subscriber uses the internet for conventional telephony. Thevoice interface unit 151 sends the converted voice commands to the voice recognition unit 153 and the converted voice communications to thedata transceiver unit 160. Thecommand input unit 152 receives the commands entered by the subscriber through other external interfaces. The voice recognition unit 153 receives the voice commands from thevoice interface unit 151 and uses voice recognition to convert the commands into a text format. Thecommand conversion unit 154 converts the digital voice commands from the voice recognition unit 153 into commands that are compatible with the internet service. Theprotocol conversion unit 155 receives the commands from the externalcommand input unit 152 and thecommand conversion unit 154 and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and thegateway 220. The converted commands are then sent to thedata transceiver unit 160. - The
data transceiver unit 160 includes a datasignal processing unit 161, avoice processing unit 162, adata processing unit 163, and avoice output unit 164. The datasignal processing unit 161 converts the commands from thecommand control unit 150 into a frame format and also reconstructs the internet information received from thebase station 200. Thevoice processing unit 162 converts the voice communications from thecommand control unit 150 into a frame format and converts the voice communications received from thebase station 200 into a digital format. Thedata processing unit 163 modulates the internet commands/voice communications received from the datasignal processing unit 161 and thevoice processing unit 162 and transmits these signals as RF signals to thebase station 200. Thedata processing unit 163 also demodulates the RF signals received from thebase station 200. Thevoice output unit 164 receives the voice communications from thevoice processing unit 162 and the voice-synthesized internet information from theinformation processing unit 170, converts these voice signals into an analog format, and outputs the signals to an external voice interface, such as a speaker. - The
information processing unit 170 includes an informationprocessing control unit 171, aninformation display 172, avoice synthesis unit 173, and aninformation storage unit 174. The informationprocessing control unit 171 controls theinformation processing unit 170 using the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 161. Theinformation display unit 172 receives the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 161 and control messages from the informationprocessing control unit 171. The internet information is displayed on a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen. Thevoice synthesis unit 173 receives the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 161 and control messages from the informationprocessing control unit 171. Thevoice synthesis unit 173 then synthesizes the text data into a voice signal for output to the subscriber by thevoice output unit 164. Theinformation storage unit 174 stores the internet information from the datasignal processing unit 161 in memory for later use in response to control messages from the informationprocessing control unit 171. - The operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described. First, a subscriber enters an internet command either by a key pad, a pen mouse or a touch screen, or by speaking into the microphone. The internet commands entered through the microphone are converted from an analog into a digital signal by the
voice interface unit 151. Thevoice interface unit 151 sends the converted voice commands to the voice recognition unit 153. Voice communications are also converted from an analog into a digital format by thevoice interface unit 151 and sent to thevoice processing unit 162. - The internet commands are converted into a text format using voice recognition by the voice recognition unit153 and converted into commands that are compatible with the internet service by the
command conversion unit 154. Then, the converted voice commands and the commands entered through the external interface are converted by theprotocol conversion unit 155 into a format supported by the internet protocol. The converted commands are then sent to thedata transceiver unit 160. - The internet commands/voice communications are transmitted to the
base station 200 as RF signals by thedata transceiver unit 160. The datasignal processing unit 161 receives the internet commands from thecommand control unit 150 and converts the commands into a frame format. Thedata processing unit 163 then modulates and transmits the internet commands and voice communications to thebase station 200. The remaining operation of the wireless network is the same as previously described. - The operation in reverse will now be described. The RF signals transmitted by the
base station 200 containing internet information and voice communications are demodulated by thedata processing unit 163. The internet information and voice communications are converted into their original digital format. The internet information is then sent to the datasignal processing unit 161 and theinformation processing unit 170, while the voice communications are sent to thevoice processing unit 162. Theinformation processing unit 170 applies voice synthesis to the internet information. The synthesized internet information and the voice communications are then converted from a digital to an analog format in thevoice output unit 164 and output to an external voice interface, such as a speaker. - The
information processing unit 170 receives the internet information from theinternetwork 230 and theinformation display unit 172 displays the information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen. Theinformation storage unit 174 stores the internet information in memory for later use. Theinformation display unit 172 and theinformation storage unit 174 are under the control of the informationprocessing control unit 171. - FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating another preferred embodiment of an apparatus providing voice-interactive access to the internet via wireless networks. This preferred embodiment utilizes a hands-free kit for accessing the internet. The apparatus of the present invention includes a hands-
free kit unit 180 and amobile transceiver unit 190. A subscriber enters internet commands into the hands-free kit 180 through voice or other external interfaces. Themobile transceiver unit 190 converts the internet commands from the hands-free kit unit 180 into a format that is compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and the gateway 220 (shown in FIG. 1). Themobile transceiver unit 190 then transmits the commands to thebase station 200 as RF signals. The internet information retrieved from theinternetwork 230 in response to the commands is displayed and stored by the hands-free kit 180. The internet information is also converted into a voice signal by voice synthesis and output to an external voice interface, such as a speaker. - The hands-
free kit unit 180 includes acommand control unit 181, aninformation processing unit 182, and avoice output unit 183. Thecommand control unit 181 receives the internet commands from the subscriber through voice or other external interfaces and converts the commands into a format that is compatible with the internet service. Theinformation processing unit 182 displays the internet information from themobile transceiver unit 190 in a text format and converts the information into a voice signal by voice synthesis. Thevoice output unit 183 receives voice communications from themobile transceiver unit 190 and the voice-synthesized information from theinformation processing unit 182, converts these signals into an analog format, and outputs the signals to an external voice interface, such as a speaker. - The
command control unit 181 includes a voice interface unit 181-1, a voice recognition unit 181-2, and a command conversion unit 181-3. The voice interface unit 181-1 converts the voice commands requesting an internet connection or internet information into a digital format. The voice interface unit 181-1 also converts voice communications form the subscriber into a digital format and sends these signals to themobile transceiver unit 190. The voice recognition unit 181-2 converts the voice commands from the voice interface unit 181-1 into a text format using voice recognition. The command conversion unit 181-3 converts the voice commands from the voice recognition unit 181-2 into a format that is compatible with the internet service. - The
information processing unit 182 includes an information processing control unit 182-1, an information display unit 182-2, a voice synthesis unit 182-3, and an information storage unit 182-4. The information processing control unit 182-1 controls theinformation processing unit 182 using the internet information received from themobile transceiver unit 190. The information display unit 182-2 receives the internet information from themobile transceiver unit 190 and control messages from the information processing control unit 182-1 and displays the internet information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen. The voice synthesis unit 182-3 receives the internet information from themobile transceiver unit 190 and control messages from the information process control unit 182-1 and converts the text data into a voice signal using voice synthesis. The voice signal is then sent to thevoice output unit 183. The information storage unit 182-4 stores the internet information from themobile transceiver unit 190 in memory for later use in accordance with control messages from the information processing control unit 181-1. - The
mobile transceiver unit 190 includes aprotocol conversion unit 191, a datasignal processing unit 192, avoice processing unit 193, and an RF signal processing unit. Theprotocol conversion unit 191 receives the internet commands from the command conversion unit 181-3 and converts the commands into a format compatible with the protocol used between thewireless communication network 210 and thegateway 220. The datasignal processing unit 192 converts the commands from theprotocol conversion unit 191 into a frame format. The datasignal processing unit 192 also reconstructs the internet information received from thebase station 200 and sends the information to theinformation processing unit 182. Thevoice processing unit 193 converts the voice communications from thecommand control unit 181 into a frame format and converts the voice communications received from thebase station 200 into a digital format. The RFsignal processing unit 194 modulates the internet commands/voice communications received from the datasignal processing unit 192 and thevoice processing unit 193 and transmits these signals to thebase station 200 as RF signals. The RFsignal processing unit 194 also demodulates the RF signals received from thebase station 200 and converts the demodulated signals into a frame format. - The operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention using the hands-
free kit unit 180 will now be described. First, a subscriber enters an internet command by speaking into the microphone. The internet commands are then converted into a digital format by the voice interface unit 181-1 and sent to the voice recognition unit 181-2. Voice communications are also converted into a digital format by the voice interface unit 181-1 and sent to thevoice processing unit 193. The voice commands are converted into a text format using voice recognition by the voice recognition unit 181-2 and converted into commands that are compatible with the internet service by the command conversion unit 181-3. - The
protocol conversion unit 191 then converts the internet commands into a format supported by the internet protocol. The datasignal processing unit 192 converts the internet commands from theprotocol conversion unit 191 into a frame format and sends the converted commands to the RFsignal processing unit 194. The internet commands from the datasignal processing unit 192 and the voice communications from thevoice processing unit 193 are transmitted to thebase station 200 as RF signals by the RFsignal processing unit 194. - The operation in reverse will now be described. The RF signals received from the
base station 200 include internet information and voice communications and are demodulated by the datasignal processing unit 192. The internet information is sent to theinformation display unit 182 and the voice communications are sent to thevoice processing unit 193. Thevoice processing unit 193 converts the voice communications into a digital format. Theinformation processing unit 182 receives the internet information from themobile transceiver unit 190, displays and stores the internet information, and converts the internet information into a voice signal by voice synthesis. The information display unit 182-2 displays the internet information in a display interface, such as a panel, window, or screen. The information storage unit 182-4 stores the internet information in memory for later use. - While there have been illustrated and described what are considered to be preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof, without departing from the true scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is not be limited, except as by the following claims.
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